ATTLEBORO, Mass. – Senior Max Goodman (South Salem, N.Y.) finished tenth overall and fourth among NCAA Division III runners to pace the Plymouth State University men's cross country team as the Panthers finished sixth at the Suffolk Short Course Classic at Mark Coogan XC Course at Highland Park on Saturday.
 
Goodman posted a time of 15:57.18 in the 5k race, trailing six competitors from NCAA Division I institutions and three D-III runners. Sophomore Noah Francis (Bethlehem, N.H.) and senior Luke Cloutier (Lyman, Maine) posted top-50 finishes, while juniors Ben Colby (Manchester, N.H.) and Cooper O'Neil (Millbury, Mass.) rounded out the Panthers' scoring five.
 
The field featured 163 runners, including two D-I programs. Plymouth State finished sixth as a team, just one spot behind Little East Conference rival UMass Dartmouth and comfortably ahead of Springfield College.
 
 
The Basics:

• Suffolk Short Course Classic – 6th of 16 Teams

Team Results:

• Holy Cross (26), UNH (52), WPI (67), Babson (115), UMass Dartmouth (149), Plymouth State (177), Springfield (221), Wheaton (243), Clark (278), Suffolk (282), Salve Regina (353), Emmanuel (356), Manhattanville (387), Emerson (407), Bridgewater State (No Score), Mitchell (No Score)

Individual Results:  
 

Finish	Name	Time
10.	Max Goodman	15:57.18
45.	Noah Francis	16:51.27
49.	Luke Cloutier	16:58.31
58.	Ben Colby	17:15.66
70.	Cooper O'Neil	17:33.89
75.	Alex LeClair	17:42.59
81.	Angelo DeLuca	17:52.05
85.	Nathan Beauregard	17:56.80
97.	Connor Phillips	18:20.07
99.	Dan Daschbach-Eaton	18:26.67
111.	Jackson Diglio	18:45.89
140.	Mason Phillips	20:30.52

 
Up Next:

• The Panthers head to Manchester, N.H. for the Shacklette Invitational hosted by Saint Anselm College next Saturday (Sept. 6). The men's 8k race starts at 11:00 a.m.